Dorethea

Girl · recorded 1912–1977

  • 1977last recorded
  • 1932best year

Most popular in 1932.

Last recorded in 1977. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

Checking your shortlist…

Compare

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Dorethea.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1912

0122319121928194519611977

Hover over or drag across the chart to see any year.

Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 65 recorded years as a table
Dorethea, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191216
191310
191417
191510
191611
19176
191812
191917
192019
19219
192213
192317
192414
192518
192611
192717
192820
192913
193020
193118
193223
193319
193416
193514
193618
193711
193812
193914
194011
194111
194210
19435
194413
19458
19467
194713
194811
194910
195013
195112
195211
195312
19549
195511
195616
195714
19589
19599
19609
196111
19629
196313
196410
196511
19665
19678
19689
19696
19705
19715
19728
19744
19757
19763
19774

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dorethea isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Dorethea

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1977
6
Rank in 1977
#8,444
How rare
1 in 255,524 girls
Since 1912
1,035

Dorethea was last recorded in 1977. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1932, at 23 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Dorethea doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.